U.S. Supreme Court Affirms FERC Authority Over Demand Response
By: Attorney Bryan Kleinmaier
Under the Federal Power Act, the federal government (through the Federal Electricity Regulatory Commission, or FERC) regulates the interstate wholesale market in electricity, while state utility commissions regulate intrastate retail markets in electricity. This division of regulatory authority is cleaner in theory than in practice, because, as the U.S. Supreme Court recognized in a highly anticipated decision released Monday, “in point of fact if not in law[,] the wholesale and retail markets in electricity are inextricably linked.”
Jan 26, 2016 in News/Events